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The Social World of Galleries: Contemporary Art, the Market and Internationalization

by Alain Quemin
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781350370920
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 480
  • Original Price: GBP 110.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 454 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Museum Studies, Business Aspects, and Museum Administration & Museology

This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States. Based on the author's field research carried out for over a decade, and combining ethnographic material with quantitative data, the book reveals the major role galleries play in the creation of art value.

Despite being pillars of the art market, there has been very little in-depth research on galleries, especially when compared with the analysis of artists, critics, and dealers. Written by a sociologist who has spent a decade as an art critic, the book builds on work conducted by art historian and sociologist Raymonde Moulin from the 1960s to the 1990s. Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews with those working in the field today, it provides a thorough and up-to-date analysis of what contemporary art galleries really are: the spaces they occupy both physically and online; their position within gallery 'districts'; their relation to art fairs and biennials; and how friendship with clients is built and trends within the business, in turn illuminating the hierarchized structure of the sector. The book concludes by addressing a significant gap in data on the art market by providing a sociological ranking of international contemporary art galleries.

Offering a detailed analysis to a topic that has never been fully studied, The Social World of Galleries is essential reading for scholars and students of art sociology, art history and art business, as well as gallerists, collectors or art lovers, and artists themselves.

Brown, Kathryn: - Kathryn Brown is Reader in Art Histories, Markets and Digital Heritage at Loughborough University, UK. Her books include Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 (2012), Matisse's Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist's Book (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Henri Matisse (2021). She is the series editor of Contextualizing Art Markets (Bloomsbury).

Engelhardt, Keara: - Keara Engelhardt has a Masters in translation from UW-Milwaukee, and is based in Paris, France, where she has been a translator since 2015. She has completed translation projects for several French universities, including the Sorbonne Université, Université Paris 8, and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie.

Quemin, Alain: - Alain Quemin is Professor of Sociology of Art at Paris 8 University, France, a researcher at GEMASS Sorbonne université, and is a senior member of the Academic Institute of France. He is a past president of the sociology of art research committee of the International Sociological Association.

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